Wasteland

Wasteland or waste land may refer to:

• Barren or overgrown, uncultivatable or uncultivated, desolate, devastated, ruined, uninteresting, unused, bleak, or neglected land, for example a desert or barren (area with barren vegetation).

Film and television

• Waste Land (film), a 2010 documentary about Brazilian trash-pickers and an artist who changed their lives
• Wasteland (1960 film), a 1960 French film directed by Marcel Carné and based on Hal Ellson's novel Tomboy
• Wasteland (2012 film), English heist dramatic thriller film directed by Rowan Athale and featuring Iwan Rheon, also titled The Rise
• Wasteland (2013 film), film directed by Tom Wadlow and featuring Jessica Messenger
• Wasteland (film), a 2012 adult film drama directed by Graham Travis
• Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"
• Mad Max: The Wasteland, an upcoming fifth film in the Mad Max franchise

Games

• Wasteland (video game), a 1988 computer role-playing game
  • Wasteland 2, a 2014 sequel to the above game
• Wasteland, a world in the Fallout series of video games

Literature

Books

• The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, a 1991 novel by Stephen King
• Wasteland (comics), a post-apocalyptic comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten, issue #1 debuted July 2006
• Wasteland (DC Comics), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close
• Wasteland (novel), a 2003 novel by Francesca Lia Block
• Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, a 2008 anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction

Other

• The Waste Land, a 1922 poem by T. S. Eliot
• Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• Wasteland (Warhammer), (aka Marienburg) a fictional region in the world of Warhammer Fantasy
• "Wastelands" (short story), a 2002 short story by Stephen Dedman

Music

Albums

• Stereo Wastelands, a 2006 album by Nurse with Wound
• Wasteland (Atargatis album), a 2006 album by Atargatis
• Wasteland (The Jam album), a 1992 album by The Jam
• Wastelands (album), a 2013 album by Australian band Eskimo Joe
• Grace/Wastelands, a 2009 album by Pete Doherty
• The Waste Lands (album), a 1992 album by Venom

Songs

• "Lord of the Wasteland", a song by Stratovarius from the 1995 album Fourth Dimension
• "Wasteland", a song by The Mission from their 1986 album God's Own Medicine
• "Wasteland," a song by Trapt from their 2008 album, Only Through the Pain
• "Wasteland" (10 Years song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years
• "Wasteland" (Billy Idol song), a 1993 single by Billy Idol from the Cyberpunk album
• "The Wasteland" (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his 2001 album Songs From The West Coast

Wastelands

• "Wasteland" (Maxïmo Park song), a song by Maxïmo Park on the 2005 War Child charity compilation album, Help: A Day in the Life
• "Wasteland" (Needtobreathe song), a song by Needtobreathe from their fifth album Rivers in the Wasteland
• "Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album, Hollyweird
• "Wasteland" (The View song), a song by The View from their debut 2007 album, Hats Off to the Buskers
• "Wastelands" (song), a song by Linkin Park from their sixth studio album The Hunting Party
• "Wastelands", by Amoral (band); composed by Ben Varon
• "Wastelands", by Atmosfear
• "Wastelands", by Avantasia; composed by Tobias Sammet
• "Wastelands", by B12 (band) / Stasis; composed by Mike Golding / Steve Rutter
• "Wastelands", by Barbara Thompson (musician); composed by Barbara Thompson
• "Wastelands", by Blackguard (band)
• "Wastelands", by Boy George and Kamaya Painters; composed by Tiësto
• "Wastelands", by Christian Müenzner
• "Wastelands", by Delta-S / DJ Amanda Jones
• "Wastelands", by Goldie / Marcus Intalex
• "Wastelands", by Extol; composed by David Husvik / Ole Børud / Peter Espevoll from Extol (album)
• "Wastelands", by Hawkwind, composed by Dave Brock; from The Business Trip, Brock's Alien 4 (album); covered by Walk on Fire
• "Wastelands", by Hearts No Static
• "Wastelands", by LTJ Bukem / Intense; composed by Beau Thomas / Dan Duncan
• "Wastelands", by Midge Ure from The Gift (Midge Ure album); subsequently released on Vienna (Ultravox song)
• "Wastelands", by Silje Nergaard; composed by Mike McGurk / Silje Nergaard

Other

• Wasteland - Music for Piano Four Hands, Andy Harris (composer)

Other

• Wasteland (event), a bi-annual fetish event held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

See also

• Waste (disambiguation)